10 Feb 1943 -- Transfers from Lexington Signal Depot

The newly commissioned Signal Corps Officers graduated December 18, 1942. My ancestor reported "Took the first train home", so he was able to spend Christmas with his family. According to his notes, he "reported Lexington Signal Depot for school" on December 30, 1942.

With the successful completion of school on Feb. 18, he once again took leave for the "first train home". He reported, along with others, to the 885th Sig Co, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City. He noted he arrived on Feb. 27.

The actual extract of the order assigning him indicated "Each of following-named 2d Lts of Sig C is reld fr asgmt and dy at Sig C RP Lexington Sig Dep, Lexington, Ky, eff upon compl present course of instr o/a 13 Feb 1943...".

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Thirteen officers were named along with their new duty assignments:

NAME	DUTY STATION
ROBERT  HUBER	Syracuse, NY
FRANK  JONES	Oklahoma City, OK
FLOYD  JONES	Oklahoma City, OK
LESTER  GREENWALD	New Cumberland, PA
OSCAR  REICH	Ft Mason, CA
WILLIAM  RAMAGHAN	Ft Mason, CA
RAYMOND  SMITH	Camp Crowder, MO
ANTHONY  ROMEO	Pinedale, CA
OSCAR  MILLER	Pinedale, CA
EDWIN  LAKE	Pinedale, CA
JOHN  UTHOFF	Cp Young, CA
ROBERT  VUCASOVICH	Camp Bowie, TX
JOHN  WEINER	Camp Bowie, TX

A copy of Special Orders #41 (Extract para. 24), War Department, Wash. DC dtd 10 Feb 1943

The Signal Corps had a class photo taken:

Members of  Signal Corps Officer Training Class dtd 9 Jan 1943
(courtesy of the author)

Special Orders #41 consisted of 24 pages, and two extracts contained 32 of the 47 officers in the class. Since a copy of the full Order was also provided--an extract (Paragraph 25) containing the names of more graduates--is included here.

 

NAME	DUTY STATION
JAMES ALLEY JR	Ft Bliss, TX
JACKSON  ALDERMAN	Wright Fld, OH
ARLO BANDFIELD	Barkeley, TX
JAMES CLEMENS JR	Barkeley, TX
BERNARD DICKES	Pinedale, CA
RAYMOND BROWN	Pinedale, CA
CLAUDE GLASER	Langley Fld, VA
ERNEST GAILEY	Langley Fld, VA
OREM HOUSTON	Rome, NY
JAMES HEFTON	Rome, NY
JAMES HARRIS	Oklahoma City, OK
PAUL HANSEN	Oklahoma City, OK
DRUEBERT HAMPE	Oklahoma City, OK
JAMES GROGAN	Oklahoma City, OK
IRVING DAVIS	Reno AAB, NV
GUSTAVE GRANDELL	Reno AAB, NV
JULES BRICK	Reno AAB, NV
C F BELL	Reno AAB, NV
JAMES EAGER	Pinedale, CA

A copy of Special Orders #41 (Extract para. 25), War Department, Wash. DC dtd 10 Feb 1943

A full copy of Special Orders #41 may be found here.